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ms NATIONAL LI'HOGRAPHING cuMPANY.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. SAURBREY,-OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHE'OAPITAL CITY' CARRIAGE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAG E-BO DY.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 514,776, dated February13, 1894.

Application filed April 26. 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. SAURBREY,

lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new, useful, and valuable Improvement in Carriage- Bodies, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has relation to carriage bodies, provided with removableside panels, reversible backs and adjustable seats, having suitablesecurers to hold them in place.

It is the object of the invention to provide a carriage body that can bechanged from a one seat concern into a body having two or three seats;also to supply a back that can be reversed at the will of the riders sothat they can ride facing either front or back.

It is the further object of the invention to provide a carriage bodywith removable side panels between the front and rear seats. When therear seat is occupied the panels can be removed and whenthe rear seat isnot.

occupied the panels can remain in place. Thus the appearance of the bodyis easily and readily changed.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1, is a side view of the carriagebody. Fig.2, is a top view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a side detail viewpartly in section of the front seat. Fig. 4, is a rear View partly insection of one end Fig. 5, is a side view of the rear seat showing thereversible back. Fig. 6, is a rear View of one end of the reversibleseat. Figs. 7, s, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, are detail views ofdifferent parts and modifications which. will be fully explainedhereinafter- I My invention is described as follows:-The body of thecarriage is provided with the front and back seats and in the sides ofthe body between the two seats are the panels 1, (shown in dottedlinesFig.1.) These panels can be slipped out and placed under the front seatat 2, (see dotted lines also Fig. 1,) or the panels can be hinged to thesides of the body ed to hold them in position.

and may be swung around as shown in Fig. 2. These panels when removableor swinging are provided with suitable catches adapt- The back of thefront seat is hinged to the seat at point 3, (see Serial No. 471.902.(No mbdel.)

Fig. 3,) and the upper part of the back is pro-- vided with aspring bolt4, the end of which is adapted to pass through a suitable perforation inalug 5, attached to the support 6, of the lazy back 7. the back. Thisbolt may be made in several different ways. In Fig. 4, the bolt isprovided with a knob 8, which is adapted to operate in the groove 9, ofthe casting 10. Said groove has right angle extensions at each end, asshown, to receive the stem of the knob 8, and thereby hold the said boltout or-in as the case may be. shown in Fig. 12. In this figure the knobis journaled in the bolt, as shown in Fig. 13, which is a sectional viewof Fig. 12, cut on the line 13,13. The stem of the knob is provided withan elliptical cam 11, which is adapted to enter the T-shape end of thegroove 9, and'thereby hold the bolt back.

It will be seen that the rear ends of the bolts shown in Figs. 4 and 12,are extended in dotted lines. This is to indicate that the two bolts oneach seat may be extended and connected together as shown at Fig. 15, orthey may be independent of each other.

In Fig. 15, the inner ends of the bolts are riveted to the piece 12,which in turn is swiveled to the plate 13, and is provided with thehandle 14. Thus it will be seen that with this construction the twospring bolts can be operated at the same time with one hand. The back ofthe front seat can be thrown .to the rear and assume the position asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig.3. When in this position the springbolts may enter the perforated plates 15, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) andthereby support the seat thus formed, and hold it securely in place.When this seat is used the lazy back 7, is the partition between the twoseats.

The rear seat of the carriage body is provided with the reversible back16. This back is provided with the arms 17, which are journaled at oneend in suitable castings attached to the sides of the body and the otherends of the said arms are journaled to the said back. The back 16, hasattached to the upper and lower edges of its ends the lugs 18, which areadapted to fit in suitable castings 19, which are in turn attached tothe inner There is a spring bolt at each side of sides of the body. Fig.7, is a detail perspec tive view of a casting 19. The lugs on the back16, are made to dove tail with the castlugs and thereby prevent thesides of the earriage body from spreading. Figs. 8, 9 and 10, showmodifications of these lugs and castings.

Fig. 8, shows a lug 18, having an enlargement on its end. Figs. 9 and10, show cast ings 19, provided with the pivoted tumbles 20. The lug 18,is adapted to rest between the tumbles as shown in Figs. 9, and 10, andthe enlarged ends of said lugs will prevent the sides of the body fromspreading.

The rear seat 21, is pivoted at its front edge, as shown in Fig. 11,between the sides of the body, and the rear edge of the said seat isprovided with a spring bolt as shown in Fig. 12. Thus this seat when notin use can be turned to the front and the cushion of the seat will facethe floor of the body, and the back 16, can be swung down between thesides of the body as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. it. Thus itwill be seen that it is possible to convert this carriage body from aconcern that holds only two people into one that will hold six, and thatthe appearance of the body can be changed by the shifting of thedifferent parts. The persons occopying the rear seats can ride facingfront or back at their pleasure.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. A carriage body having a front and rear seatand stationary sides supporting said seats, a break in the sides of thebody between the front and rear seats forming pas sages, panels hingedto a stationary part of the body and adapted to swing and close the saidbreaks or passages when not in use and also adapted to swing in and cometogether immediately behind the front seat substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a carriage body a back hinged at its lower edge a sliding boltsecured to the up per part of said back, a casting holding said bolt,said casting having an elongated perforation terminating in an angularextension, a spring located in said casting and engaging said bolt, alug or attachment on said bolt, adapted to work in the elongatedperforation and extension thereof of the said casting, said bolt adaptedto enter suitable perforations in the body of the carriage,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carriage body a reversible back consisting of arms pivoted tothe back at one end and body sides at the other the lugs enlarged attheir outer ends attached to the edges of the back and suitable castingsattached to the sides of the body and adapted to receive the said lugs,substantially as shown and described.

at. In a carriage body having a reversible back provided on its edgeswith suitable lugs enlarged at their outer ends castings provided withpivoted tumbles attached to the sides of the body and adapted to receivethe said lugs, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I atiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. SAURHREY. Witnesses:

FRANK RATHMELL, II. E. STAFFORD.

